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Having problems with your Acer Extensa 503T Notebook ?

My acer extensa 5220 is overheating even if only winamp is running.before that wasn't a problem. laptop is 1 year old, and cooler is working properly

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Either CPU is faulty, or the heatsink has lost aderence with the CPU surface or coolin power.Atandard procedure is refitting or replacing cooling fan, in some rare occasion is the CPU, but that is uncommon and can't be tested.Another possible cause is the temp sensor on the motherboard that is faulty.first ensure that is overheating and check temp sensor using SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer.

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